why are historical figures painted differently in paintings? For example Napoleon, in some paintings he has blue eyes in some brown and in some even green (in the ones where he is in emperor clothes). What was his real eye color and why did painters paint historical figures and people differently?
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why are historical figures painted differently in paintings? For example Napoleon, in some paintings he has blue eyes in some brown and in some even green (in the ones where he is in emperor clothes). What was his real eye color and why did painters paint historical figures and people differently?